Bracket-table.



'PATENTED AUG. 11, 1908.

w. G. HULLHORST.

BRACKET TABLE; APPLICATION FILED JAN. 16,1908.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM G. HULLHORST, OF TOLEDO, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE TOLEDO CABINETCOMPANY,

OF TOLEDO, OHIO, A GOPARTNERSIIIP.

BRACKET-TABLE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM G. HULL- HORST, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Toledo, in the county of Lucas and State ofOhio, have invented a certain new and useful Bracket-Table and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompany ing drawings, and to the figures of reference marked thereon,which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to cabinets for instruments or other similararticles, and has particular reference to a bracket-table for use bydentists or the like.

An object of my invention is the provision, in combination with acabinet or bracket-table of this class, of a drawer or sliding part forholding instruments or other articles which has its puter end open andhas means associated therewith adapted to form a closure member for theopen end of the drawer or sliding part when said drawer or sliding partis in closed position and to be automatically moved t9 open position byan opening movement of the drawer or sliding part.

Other objects of my invention are the provision of a simple and highlyeflicient appara tus of this class, which is provided with a variety ofcompactly arranged compartments, drawers and the like, and which isprovided on its top with compartments or trays adapted to hold materialor the like and covered by a sliding member which forms the top orworking table proper of the apparatus.

The operation, construction and arrangement of the parts of theinvention are fully described in the following specification, andillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which,

Figure 1 is aperspective view of a brackettable embodying my invention,with its top moved to partially uncover the upper compartments and onesliding instrument-carry ing part and its closure member in openposition, and Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal sec tion of the same inclosed form.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates the frame of the cabinet orbracket-table, which is shown as being provided transversely thereofwith one or more drawers 2,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed January 15, 1908.

Patented Aug. 11, 1908.

Serial No. 410,883.

and as being formed above said drawers with one or more open-topcompartments 3 arranged in any suitable or convenient manner. The upperside edges of the frame are preferably faced with metal strips 4, 4 onwhich the tray or table top 5 rests and is intended to slide to and froon the frame to uncover the top compartments 3 when desired, as shown inFig. 1. The tray 5 is shown as comprising a rectangular frame 6,preferably but not necessarily of metal, which is formed at its basewith an inturned flange 7 intended to form a seat on which abottom-piece 8 rests. The bottom-piece 8 preferably consists of glass,porcelain or enameled metal to provide a smooth sanitary workingsurface. The tray 5 is constrained to have a movement in one directiononly on the frame 1 due to guide-pieces 9 being secured to the sidesthereof in any suitable manner and having their lower edges formed withinturned flanges which project under the outer edges of the metal-strips4 and work in gained portions 10 in the frame.

Mounted on the bottom 11 of the frame 1 beneath the drawers 2 and shownas being adapted to work in opposite directions through the registeringopenings in the end pieces of the frame are the two instrument drawersor sliding parts 12. These drawers or sliding parts are shown ascomprising the side-bars 13, the bottom-piece 14, which connects saidbars and has its top surface preferably longitudinally corrugated orrecessed to provide separate pockets for a plurality of instruments, andthe reclining front-piece 15, which connects the forward projected endsof the side-bars 13 preferably in the plane of the frame bottom 11 andhas a portion extending beyond the bar ends, as shown. Projecting fromthe ends of the frame atthe sides of the drawers or sliding parts 12 arethe bracket members or extension pieces 16, which have ribs 17 formed ontheir inner sides for working in complemental grooves 18 in the sides ofthe bars 13 to assist in maintaining the associated drawer or slidingpart 12 in horizontal position when open. -A stop 19 coacts with therear end piece or shoulder 20 of each drawer 12 to limit the outwardmovement thereof.

Cooperating with the drawers or sliding parts 12 when in closed positionto completely close the frame openings through which they work, are theclosure members 21, which are disposed between the associated brackets16 and have their inner edges pivoted thereto at their ends immediatelyabove the planes of their drawers, as at 22. These closure members arefashioned to extend outwardly and downwardly from their pivots so as topass over the outer ends of the side bars 13 and rest at their outeredges on the front-pieces 15 of the drawers when the latter are inclosed position, as shown in Fig. 2.

Projecting downwardly from near the inner edges of the closure membersare lugs 23, which, when the drawers or sliding parts are in closedposition, extend within. cutaway portions 24 at the forward ends of theside bars 13, and when the drawers are drawn outwardly cooperate withthe shoulders 25 of said cutaway portions to effect an automatic raisingof the forward ends of said members to open position, as shown at theleft of Fig. 1. The closure members are maintained in open positionswhen the drawers are open due to the coaction of the lugs 23 with thetops of the side-bars of the drawers. To facilitate an opening of thedrawers 12 the outer end-pieces 15 thereof may be provided in theirunder sides with finger recesses 26 or with other suitable means.

When a drawer 12 is in closed position the inner or rear edge of itsfront-piece 15 abuts against the bottom 11 of the frame 1, and its ends,which project beyond the side-bars 13, pass under the bracket-members16; the closure-member 21 stands in lowered position with its forward orouter edge seating closely on the top of the front-piece 15 of thedrawer in advance of the side-bar ends and the lugs 23 thereof projectin the cutaway portions 24 of said bars, and the brackets 16 abut attheir inner sides against the ends of the closure-member and at theirlower edges against the end portions of the front-piece 15, thuscombining with said parts to completely close the opening in the frameside through which the drawer works and protecting the contents of thedrawer from dust.

It is thus apparent that I have provided a cabinet or bracket-table,which is roomy and compact in its construction, andequipped with openended instrument drawers, which when in closed position are protectedfrom dust and dirt, and with a sliding sanitary tray-like top, which ismovable to uncover compartments lying beneath the same, thus materiallyadding to the practicability and commercial value of apparatus of thisclass.

I wish it understood that I do not desire to be limited to the eXactconstruction and arrangement of the parts shown and described, asobvious modifications will occur to persons skilled in the art.

1 claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1S,-

1. In combination, a frame having a drawer opening, a drawer movablethrough said opening, and a member hinged to the frame adjacent to thetop of the opening and adapted to stand across the drawer opening toclose the same when the drawer is in closed position, said member havinglaterally proj ecting lugs at its hinged edge which cooperate with thedrawer sides to effect an auto- 'matic raising of the member to uncoversaid opening when the drawer is pulled out.

2. In combination, a cabinet having a drawer opening therein, a drawermovable through said opening and having its front end of less depth thanthe opening, and a member pivoted adjacent to the top of the opening andadapted to move by gravity to close the opening when the drawer is inclosed position, said member being provided at its hinged edge and saiddrawer at its sides with cooperating portions fashioned to effect anautomatic raising of the member to uncover said opening and hold theouter or free portion of the member elevated free from contact with thedrawer when the latter is pulled out.

3. The combination with a cabinet having a drawer opening in its side,of an openfront drawer mounted in said opening and having portions ofthe forward ends of its side-bars cut away to form shoulders, and amember pivoted to the cabinet and having laterally projecting portionswhich drop in the cutaway portions of the side-bars when the drawer isin closed position and permit a movement of the member to close theopenin and which coact with the shoulders to effect an opening of themember and maintain its outer edge elevated when the drawer is drawnout.

4. A cabinet having a drawer mounted therein and working through anopening in the cabinet which is deeper than the drawerfront, said drawerhaving a reclining front piece brackets projecting from the cabinet atthe sides of the path of movement of the drawer, and a member pivoted atits ends to said brackets and adapted to move by gravity to combine withthe reclining front piece of the drawer to close the drawer opening whenthe drawer is in closed position, said drawer and member havingcooperating portions fashioned to effect an automatic raising of themember to uncover said opening when the drawer is pulled out.

5. The combination with a cabinet having a drawer opening therein, of adrawer mounted for movement in said opening, said drawer comprisingsidebars, a connecting bottom piece, and a reclining front piececonnecting the forward ends of the side-bars and projecting forwardlythereof, brackets project- Having thus described my invention, what ingfrom the cabinet at the sides of the drawer, and a member pivotedbetween the brackets and adapted, when the drawer is in closed position,to have its forward or outer edge .rest on the front-piece of thedrawer, thereby closing the drawer opening.

6. The combination with a cabinet having a drawer opening therein, of adrawer mounted for movement in said opening, said drawer comprisingside-bars, a connecting bottom-piece, and a reclining front-piececonnecting the forward ends of said bars and projecting in advancethereof, said frontpiece serving as a means for limiting the inwardmovement ofthe drawer, brackets projecting from the cabinet at the sidesof the drawer, and a member pivoted at its ends to said brackets andadapted, when the drawer is in closed position, to have its forward edgerest by gravity on the front-piece of the drawer in advance of theside-bars, said member and the side-bars of the drawer having portionsfashioned to effect an elevation of the forward end of the member whenthe drawer is drawn out.

7. In combination, a table top, a traylike member slidingly mounted onsaid top, said member comprising a rectangular frame of angle-iron and abottom of crystalline materlal resting within said frame, and

means for guiding the movements of the member on the table.

8. A bracket-table having its top sideedges faced with metal strips, anda traylike member slidingly mounted on said strips and adapted to coverthe table top, said member comprising a frame having an inturned flange,a bottom piece mounted in the frame and resting on the flange, and meanscarried by the frame for engaging said strips to constrain the member tohave a sliding movement in one direction only relative to the table.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name to thisspecification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM G. HULLHORST.

Witnesses:

C. W. OWEN, HAZEL B. HIETT.

